If one is to make an honest assessment of the Philippines’ hosting of the 16th Southeast Asian Games in 1991, it will show a huge plus as against a negligible demerit.

Except, for instance, for the historic EDSA revolution of 1986, never have the Filipinos been so united by a single cause than their spontaneous support to their athletes, whose quantum leap to second place overall from an unforgettable fifth place windup two years ago in Kuala Lumpur, was astounding enough.

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